《复仇》第5集 第22期:英国人古板保守

 You see, this is why we English are stereotyped¹ as reserved. 你看  所以别人才老说我们英国人古板保守

Candor² runs the risk of brooking³ discontent. 太直率了就会招致不满

Oh, well, the American way is truth, honesty... 美国呢  就是忠实  诚恳

and a tiny bladder. 容易尿急

Now if you'll excuse me, I... 不好意思  我

need to use the loo. 要去一下洗手间

Very good. 说得好

You make a nice couple. 你们真是天生一对

What about you? Anyone special? 你呢  有意中人了没有

Well, the nomadic⁴ lifestyle 过着我这样四处奔波的生活

doesn't allow for much permanence, I'm afraid. 代价就是没有长久的爱情

Although Mr. Takeda did mention somebody that I should look up. 不过武田先生倒是提供了一个不错的人选

Uh, a miss, um... 叫什么来着

Emily... Thorpe? 艾米莉·索普

Thorne. 索恩

She and Daniel used to be engaged. 她曾和丹尼尔订过婚

Well, leave it to me to step in it. 留给我来插上一脚

Oh, no, you didn't. She did. 不  不是你的错  是她

She cheated on him. 她背叛了他

Well, to, uh, your good fortune and, um, maybe mine. 那  为你的好运干一杯  没准也是我的

We nomads⁵ have little need for fidelity⁶, 我们流浪者对忠贞要求不高

so I may ring her up. 我可以给她电话了

 

1 stereotyped   

adj.(指形象、思想、人物等)模式化的

参考例句：

• There is a sameness about all these tales. They're so stereotyped -- all about talented scholars and lovely ladies. 这些书就是一套子，左不过是些才子佳人，最没趣儿。
• He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past. 它们是恐怖电影和惊险小说中的老一套的怪物，并且与我们的祖先有着明显的（虽然可能没有科学的）联系。

2 candor   

n.坦白，率真

参考例句：

• He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candor.他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。
• He and his wife had avoided candor,and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率，已使婚姻奄奄一息。

3 brooking   

容忍，忍受（brook的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She was brooking over whether life was worth living. 她在沉思人生是否值得活下去。
• In his talk at Washington's Brooking Brookings Institution, Summers spoke of the psychology of fear. 萨默斯在华盛顿布鲁金斯学会演讲时提到恐惧的心理学。

4 nomadic   

adj.流浪的；游牧的

参考例句：

• This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
• The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。

5 nomads   

n.游牧部落的一员( nomad的名词复数 )；流浪者；游牧生活；流浪生活

参考例句：

• For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America. 她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
• Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. 游牧民族在这地区居住已有数千年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 fidelity   

n.忠诚，忠实；精确

参考例句：

• There is nothing like a dog's fidelity.没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
• His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。